At eight or nine months probably your baby will discover a way of moving, his first way of moving, crawling. The crawling is an essential phase in the development of the person and the brain and is also a great step for their autonomy before the first steps.
There are many reasons why a child should crawl and we do not prevent it, and today we see how, among them, are the first conquests of autonomy: at the motor level and also psychological.
The crawling is the first step for the child's motor autonomy, which begins to occur when there is some evolutionary maturity (so each child can start at a different time) and when the brain is able to understand how to overcome obstacles. There are different styles of crawling, and almost all prepare the baby for the later stage in their movements, that is, to walk, run, jump ... The muscles of the legs and arms are strengthened by these movements and the brain increasingly establishes connections more complex to perform different movements. Even fine motor skills are stimulated by crawling, since arms and hands also intervene in these cat-like advances.
The baby also acquires autonomy at a psychological level, because it is the first time you can move autonomously, choose where to go, "separate" from mom and dad, explore ... and become true experts on the floor of the house and everything it contains. And be careful, because this also reminds us that we should not ignore the safety measures for children who begin to crawl. What is clear is that in the baby's mind many feelings will be produced before this new world that opens around him, before this new and never before felt "independence": fear, dilemma, emotion ... In addition, this first ability The child's crawling physics is a sign of his intelligence when they still do not speak, since it is the sensory-motor thinking that is most developed.
Remember that each baby has its rhythm and will begin to crawl when it is prepared, many factors intervene, even babies born in winter begin to crawl before probably because after a few months, in good weather they have more opportunities to be in contact with the ground, with less clothes ... and this favors their motor skills.
In any case and at any time, we can make it easier for our children to crawl safely, offering them a suitable environment and encouraging them to move from the ground.
Allow your baby to experience these conquests in their autonomy thanks to crawling, since they are preparing naturally to continue growing, to continue knowing their surroundings, ourselves, ourselves. And there are many games to stimulate crawling while having a great time!
